Fwd: [linuxiran]INDIA | LinuxForYou... March 2003 | Connecting GNU/Linux and Windows \

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Subject: [linuxiran]INDIA | LinuxForYou... March 2003 | Connecting GNU/Linux 
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Date: Tuesday 25 March 2003 14:45
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden

JUST AN UPDATE of what's in issue # 2 of what claims to be Asia's first
[GNU]Linux magazine, covering the technology for beginners, power users,
IT implementers, developers and the industry.

        CONNECTING [GNU]LINUX & WINDOWS
        Tools explained: Explore2fs and WinaXe
        CYGWIN A friendly application
        VMWare Go the emulation way
        GRUB The dual boot metho
        WINE Windows on [GNU]Linux
        SAMBA Network [GNU]Linux across platforms

o QUOTE:
  LFY: How do you like the magazine?
  RMS: I have to say this. I am very, very unhappy with the
  magazine. You really should not be doing this. The
  magazine should not be named LINUX For You. It should be
  GNU/Linux For You. You've got to change this.
  (Richard M Stallman, quoted in an interview)


        o Editor Rahul Chopra says of the last issue: "Day three
          of our all-India launch and we had sellouts from
          top three cities!"

o SUBSCRIBE TO LFY for Rs 370 per year, instead of Rs 600.
  Valid uptil 31 March 2003.

        o OpenOffice.ORG is sure to give other
          proprietory office suites a run for
          their money, writes Sharminder Singh.

o SuSE LINUX 8.1 is easy to install and fun to operate.
  It can be used on your home and office desktop,
  comes with fundoo games and educational software.
  For the server administrator, there are several
  useful tools available, says Vijaya Kittu.

        o COOL HANGOUTS FOR DEVELOPERS
          www.sourceforge.com
          www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/
          www.freshmeat.net
          www.python.org
          www.kernel.org
          www.sun.com/developers/
          www.perl.com

o IF YOU HAVE had that (anti-'piracy') knock on
  your door, and are considering the move to GNU/
  Linux or have migrated since then, write to
  address@hidden with your story.

        o INDIA NEWS
          - Red Hat India to expand
          - Interview: V Khanna, CEO, Ampersand, Delhi
          - LinuxInIndia: extracts from a report by
            Nasscom (some on the GNU/Linux found it
            ironical that one of India's pro-Microsoft,
            and pro-proprietorial code
            bodies is tom-tomming GNU/Linux)
          - C-DAC taking the open source route.
          - Open Source: a disruptive technology?
          - Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital, 180
            beds with advanced diagnostics, has
            opted for GNU/Linux.
          - Symantec AntiVirus, Mumbai
          - Rainmail Intranet from Carizen Software Chennai
          - GroupX2, groupware soln from Blore
          - Elx, much undernoticed, from Hyderabad
          - Legato's NetWorker from Delhi
          - eSpark's Realtime, Bangalore
          - Atlantic's sales force automation, Delhi
          - Arava's Arcon -- mail, Internet, intranet server

o ENTERPRISE MESSAGING... Firms that use GNU/Linux
  for e-mails find it feature-rich, stable and
  easy to upgrade. News from Sahara India (1500
  offices... using Qmail), Bharati-Teletech,
  Bry-Air (RedHat for e-mail and proxy servers
  since 1999), Arcus Ltd.

        o Q-MAIL SERVER IN THE ENTERPRISE. Use
          the step-by-step instructions given here
          to implement a Q-Mail server in your
          organisation. It will take only a few
          hours to do so.

o MITHI cOnnect server: Offers a corporate
  email solution with the "performance of
  [GNU]Linux and the ease of Windows'"

        o WHAT's NUMA got to do with clusters?

o INTRODUCING PERL.. Perl is a script language
  that can help you carry out a variety of
  tasks. Learn aboutPerl data types and variables.
  Perl expressions, loops in Perl and more.

        o LINUX databases. MySQL, POSTGRESQL.
          InterBase. Non-relational databases.
          Four page article.

o THE SHELL CORNER, beginning with interactive scripts

        o CVS for developers: This software helps
          developers living across the world to
          pool data in a central location, access
          it, make changes to the content, and
          save it. (Pages 80-81).

o [GNU]LINUX IN EDUCATION: An article that doesn't do
  justice to its subject. Lot more depth is required
  to tackle this. GLUE by Ajith in Delhi is not
  mentioned. LIFE of Prof Nagarajuna doesn't get
  noticed. RedHat is wrongly credited for "working
  closely"  to deploy GNU/Linux in 42 schools (if
  this is in Goa, the company did only very little)
  and BytesForAll.org (something which I'm directly
  involved -FN) doesn't focus on these kind of projects
  and has never claimed to have worked on it ;-)

        o Design of a diskless client terminal

o Report on GNUnify in Pune ('RMS was there')

        o Linux World Expo 2003, a report

o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 edition is
  available from address@hidden

        o LISTING OF Asia's and India's LUGs and
          GLUGs... pretty useful. Accuracy and
          depth of info could improve.

o ROBERT J CHASSELL on why software freedom empowers
  the developer, enables the user, and offers
  students something they love. (ENDS)

        LOOKING AHEAD: What's your opinion on
        a suitable distro to be included in a
        future edition of LFY? My suggestion? FreEduc.

IF YOU CAN't get a copy in your city, write to
lfyedit <address@hidden>

--
Frederick Noronha    : http://www.bytesforall.org : When we speak of free
Freelance Journalist : Goa India 403511           : software we refer to
Ph 0091.832.2409490  : Cell 0 9822 122436         : freedom, not price.
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